[Lamar University] - We're # 2 - Mid-Career Salary for Engineering Majors, that is

[LUSportsFan]

http://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/files/2014/11/Engineering-Grads.jpg

 

from The Washington Post.

 

Where to go to college to make the most money — for each major

 

 

Forget the dorms, the dining halls, the parties, the picturesque quads, and, yes, even the libraries. Where should you go to college if all you care about is making the most money?

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/11/21/where-to-go-to-college-to-make-the-most-money-for-each-major/

[KABrother88]

Very nice...now I'd like to see a breakdown of average cost of attendance for those 10 schools

[LUSportsFan]

[TABLE=width: 500]

[TR]

[TD]University

[/TD]

[TD]Tuition ($)

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Rice

[/TD]

[TD]47,871

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Lamar

[/TD]

[TD]19,800

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Cooper-Union

[/TD]

[TD]54,045

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Cal State-Fullerton

[/TD]

[TD]20,010

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Cal-Berkeley

[/TD]

[TD]31,054

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Virginia

[/TD]

[TD]22,535

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Naval Academy

[/TD]

[TD]N/A

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Vanderbilt

[/TD]

[TD]56,634

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Northwestern

[/TD]

[TD]56,404

[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Bradley

[/TD]

[TD]36,700

[/TD]

[/TR]

[/TABLE]

 

Here's the tuition comparison. Looks like you get more bang for your buck with Big Red!!!! (Of course, we already knew that.) :)

[NorthoftheBorder]

You mean that we are above TAMU??? They are not even on this list of the top ten!!

[LUSportsFan]

You mean that we are above TAMU??? They are not even on this list of the top ten!!

 

A&M is ahead of Lamar overall meaning they rated higher over a broader range of majors. Even so, playing with the database, Lamar compares favorably on the broader scale with universities I would consider peers as well as many well known universities. As the article noted, Lamar compares very, very well in the Engineering discipline.

 

Below is a link to the website which provided some basis to The Washington Post article. If you have some time, play with it. You can slice and dice and do numerous comparisons. Looks like the article used the "Majors/Careers" tab and then drilled down to "Best Schools for Majors" and finally selecting the major. Engineering is where Lamar really shines in the database.

 

http://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report

Edited December 1, 2014 by LUSportsFan